I auditioned for 'American Sniper' and didn't get a role.
I'm always going to talent scout and try to find new artists to work with.
I think the reality of the situation is if you're WWE and you're looking for talent, you're going to want the best guys out there, and you're gonna look at Ring Of Honor, because that's where the best talent is.
Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.'
We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and find coaches. We have got to go out there and search for a star.
I'd like to be a scout, go watch the games, and try and find a diamond in the rough.
I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.
I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.
You never know where you're going to find a great actor.
I had to go off by myself to try and discover what my talent really was.
Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.
In our first decade, I interviewed about five thousand people in pursuit of the talent that would create our future. As our success grew, we became known across the four corners of finance not just for our outstanding returns, but also for our outstanding people.
To cast Ida, it took ages, and I was a bit desperate. I couldn't find somebody I could believe in. I spent months looking for the lead among young actresses and drama students.
Sometimes casting falls in place easily and sometimes it takes a while. Fifty per cent of my job is done when I get the right actors.
How do you find a better actor than Michael McKean? How do you find someone who's just that good? They don't grow on trees. Plus, he's a pleasure to work with, pleasure to be around.
It is all about the talents of the young players. If they have the talent you have to give an opportunity. If they don't have the talent then, OK, you have to look elsewhere.
We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated!
To get the very best people- they have a lot of great options, and so it can easily take a year to recruit someone.
[The Rum Diary] is a prestigious movie and it's got a great, talented cast, so they wanted to make sure they had the right person for the role, but it was a torturous process. It was painful.
Radio for years and years looked at the same pool of talent. I always believed there were other people in the world that could do radio shows.
I love finding new talent, to be completely honest, and my opportunity that I got to do 'X Factor U.K.' was just incredible. I will never forget it.
Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world.
The film industry is like Anne Robinsonalways on the look-out for a new face
Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.
They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them.
